The teenager who had a weed plant on his night table, and was waitlisted at his safety school probably wouldn’t recognize the beloved international restaurateur and bestselling author he is today. However, in his new book, What Could Possibly Go Right? — published 20 years after his influential hospitality manual, Setting the Table — Danny Meyer is ready to open up about the missteps and mess-ups along the way, including having crowed about never having had to close a restaurant. He shares what it meant to shut down the beloved Tabla, the fear he felt relinquishing day-to-day control as his hospitality group expanded, and what it feels like to be underestimated by the people who love you. He also delves into his very particular love of acronyms, why so-called “soft skills” are actually a tremendous source of strength, and that sacred moment when a hot pizza hits your table at a restaurant, and the rest of the world just melts away.
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